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NBA Roundup: Pierce sparks Celtics to win
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Published: November 2, 2009
Updated: 11/02/2009 01:01 am
Celtics 97, Hornets 87: Paul Pierce scored 27 points and Boston improved to 4-0 with a victory against visiting New Orleans last night.
Chris Paul had 22 points and eight assists for New Orleans, and then had to be held back after the game when he tried to follow the Celtics off the court to their locker room. Paul and Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo also exchanged words in the second quarter, drawing matching technical fouls.
Ray Allen scored 17, Kevin Garnett had 14 and Rondo had 10 assists for Boston, which pulled away with an 11-3 run in the last 4 minutes.
NEW ORLEANS — Wright 3-6 0-0 7, West 4-14 1-1 10, Okafor 2-9 1-2 5, Paul 9-13 2-3 22, Peterson 1-4 0-0 3, B.Brown 3-12 0-0 8, Stojakovic 9-15 2-2 26, Posey 0-2 0-0 0, Armstrong 3-5 0-0 6, Songaila 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 34-81 6-8 87.
BOSTON — Pierce 10-14 4-6 27, Garnett 7-15 0-0 14, Perkins 5-7 2-4 12, Rondo 3-7 0-0 6, R.Allen 8-15 0-0 17, House 1-3 2-2 4, Wallace 5-10 0-0 12, Daniels 1-2 1-2 3, Williams 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 41-76 9-14 97.
New Orleans 20 18 31 18 — 87
Boston 22 25 25 25 — 97
3-Point Goals—New Orleans 13-28 (Stojakovic 6-10, Paul 2-3, B.Brown 2-7, Wright 1-1, West 1-2, Peterson 1-3, Posey 0-2), Boston 6-15 (Pierce 3-5, Wallace 2-5, R.Allen 1-3, House 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New Orleans 44 (Okafor 10), Boston 45 (Garnett, Perkins 7). Assists—New Orleans 22 (Paul 8), Boston 27 (Rondo 10). Total Fouls—New Orleans 24, Boston 17. Technicals—Paul, Rondo. A—18,624 (18,624).
Heat 95, Bulls 87: Dwyane Wade scored 25 points to push his career total to 10,005, Udonis Haslem had 19 points and 11 rebounds off the bench, and Miami beat visiting Chicago yesterday to improve to 3-0.
Carlos Arroyo scored 12 points for the Heat, who took the lead for good on a jumper by Wade with 3:01 remaining. Luol Deng scored 26 points for Chicago (1-2).
CHICAGO — Deng 11-21 4-5 26, Thomas 1-4 2-2 4, Noah 4-7 2-2 10, Rose 4-15 0-2 8, Salmons 7-14 2-2 17, Gibson 2-4 0-0 4, Hinrich 3-11 1-2 7, Miller 4-10 2-2 11, Pargo 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 36-88 13-17 87.
MIAMI — Richardson 2-6 0-0 6, Beasley 3-12 4-5 10, O'Neal 3-6 2-3 8, Chalmers 3-5 4-4 11, Wade 8-19 8-10 25, Haslem 9-13 1-1 19, Arroyo 5-7 2-2 12, Anthony 1-2 0-0 2, Wright 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 35-72 21-25 95.
Chicago 27 21 22 17 — 87
Miami 24 25 20 26 — 95
3-Point Goals—Chicago 2-12 (Miller 1-3, Salmons 1-5, Pargo 0-1, Hinrich 0-3), Miami 4-15 (Richardson 2-5, Chalmers 1-2, Wade 1-4, Wright 0-1, Beasley 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Chicago 50 (Deng 8), Miami 47 (Haslem, Beasley 11). Assists—Chicago 13 (Rose 5), Miami 15 (Chalmers 4). Total Fouls—Chicago 17, Miami 15. Technicals—Chicago defensive three second. A—15,865 (19,600).
Magic 125, Raptors 115: Jameer Nelson scored 30 points, J.J. Redick had a career-high 27 and visiting Orlando used a season-high 17 3-pointers to beat Toronto yesterday.
Dwight Howard had 24 points and 11 rebounds, Ryan Anderson scored 20 and the Magic (3-0) remained unbeaten.
Chris Bosh led Toronto with 35 points and 16 rebounds.
ORLANDO — Barnes 3-9 4-4 12, Anderson 7-14 1-2 20, Howard 5-13 14-16 24, Nelson 8-20 9-10 30, Redick 8-14 6-7 27, Gortat 0-3 0-0 0, An.Johnson 1-1 2-2 4, Bass 3-6 0-0 6, Williams 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 36-82 36-41 125.
TORONTO — Turkoglu 8-13 2-2 19, Bosh 10-20 13-19 35, Bargnani 8-12 6-6 26, Calderon 3-7 4-6 10, DeRozan 3-5 1-2 8, Nesterovic 2-3 0-0 4, Wright 3-8 0-0 7, Jack 2-4 0-0 5, Belinelli 0-1 0-0 0, Am.Johnson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 40-74 26-35 116.
Orlando 36 28 35 26 — 125
Toronto 28 25 36 27 — 116
3-Point Goals—Orlando 17-32 (Redick 5-8, Anderson 5-8, Nelson 5-9, Barnes 2-6, Williams 0-1), Toronto 10-17 (Bargnani 4-5, Bosh 2-2, DeRozan 1-1, Wright 1-2, Jack 1-2, Turkoglu 1-3, Calderon 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Orlando 45 (Howard 11), Toronto 49 (Bosh 16). Assists—Orlando 24 (Redick, Nelson 5), Toronto 19 (Calderon 6). Total Fouls—Orlando 23, Toronto 28. Technicals—Barnes, Bosh, Toronto defensive three second. A—18,147 (19,800).
Trail Blazers 83, Thunder 74: Steve Blake scored 18 points and Brandon Roy made a late push to finish with 16, and Portland beat Oklahoma City last night.
Roy made just four of his first 16 shots before finally finding a way to hurt Oklahoma City at the free throw line.
PORTLAND — Webster 4-12 1-2 10, Aldridge 2-5 2-2 6, Oden 4-5 4-4 12, Blake 6-9 2-2 18, Roy 5-17 5-7 16, Przybilla 1-4 0-0 2, Miller 1-1 2-2 4, Fernandez 0-3 1-2 1, Outlaw 4-10 2-4 12, Howard 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 28-69 19-25 83.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Durant 3-21 10-14 16, Green 6-14 6-8 19, Krstic 0-4 0-0 0, Westbrook 8-12 7-10 23, Sefolosha 1-2 0-0 2, Ollie 2-3 0-0 4, Thomas 2-4 0-0 4, Harden 2-9 0-0 6, Collison 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-70 23-32 74.
Portland 25 14 21 23 —83
Oklahoma City 15 22 19 18 —74
3-Point Goals—Portland 8-21 (Blake 4-5, Outlaw 2-4, Webster 1-5, Roy 1-5, Fernandez 0-2), Oklahoma City 3-14 (Harden 2-3, Green 1-4, Krstic 0-1, Westbrook 0-1, Durant 0-5). Fouled Out—Westbrook. Rebounds—Portland 47 (Oden 10), Oklahoma City 55 (Green 11). Assists—Portland 16 (Roy 5), Oklahoma City 6 (Westbrook, Harden 2). Total Fouls—Portland 26, Oklahoma City 25. Technicals—Portland Coach McMillan. A—16,920 (18,203).
Suns 120, Timberwolves 112: Channing Frye hit six 3-pointers and scored 25 points, Jason Richardson had 23 points in his first game following a two-game suspension and undefeated Phoenix beat visiting Minnesota last night.
The victory was the Suns' 11th straight at home..
MINNESOTA — Gomes 10-13 1-2 23, Pecherov 4-10 0-0 8, Jefferson 9-23 3-3 21, Flynn 4-9 2-2 11, Brewer 8-18 3-6 19, Sessions 4-10 1-3 9, Hollins 2-3 2-2 6, Wilkins 1-2 2-2 5, Cardinal 0-0 2-2 2, Pavlovic 0-1 1-1 1, Ellington 3-8 0-0 7. Totals 45-97 17-23 112.
PHOENIX — Hill 8-16 6-6 23, Stoudemire 6-11 7-7 19, Frye 8-12 3-4 25, Nash 5-12 2-2 14, Richardson 8-14 3-3 23, Dudley 1-5 2-2 4, Clark 0-0 0-0 0, Barbosa 3-3 0-2 6, Dragic 1-4 0-2 3, Amundson 1-5 1-2 3. Totals 41-82 24-30 120.
Minnesota 34 27 24 27 —112
Phoenix 35 32 29 24 —120
3-Point Goals—Minnesota 5-11 (Gomes 2-2, Wilkins 1-1, Ellington 1-2, Flynn 1-2, Pecherov 0-1, Sessions 0-1, Pavlovic 0-1, Brewer 0-1), Phoenix 14-26 (Frye 6-10, Richardson 4-7, Nash 2-4, Hill 1-1, Dragic 1-2, Dudley 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Minnesota 54 (Gomes 15), Phoenix 51 (Hill 10). Assists—Minnesota 24 (Gomes, Jefferson, Flynn, Sessions 4), Phoenix 22 (Nash 14). Total Fouls—Minnesota 24, Phoenix 17. Technicals—Phoenix defensive three second. A—15,376 (18,422).
Nuggets 133, Grizzlies 122: Carmelo Anthony extended his torrid start with 42 points in Denver's win against visiting Memphis last night.
The Nuggets are 3-0 on the season.
O.J. Mayo scored a career-high 40 points for Memphis.
MEMPHIS — Gay 7-13 4-7 18, Randolph 6-11 0-0 12, Gasol 7-9 6-8 20, Conley 4-9 1-2 11, Mayo 17-25 2-2 40, Carroll 0-5 4-4 4, Williams 3-5 0-4 7, Hunter 1-1 0-0 2, Young 2-4 2-2 7, Thabeet 1-1 0-0 2, Haddadi 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 48-83 19-29 123.
DENVER — Anthony 15-26 11-12 42, Martin 8-13 0-2 16, Nene 6-6 6-9 18, Billups 6-14 7-7 22, Carter 2-2 0-0 6, Andersen 3-5 6-7 12, Afflalo 3-7 0-0 7, Lawson 3-8 0-0 8, Graham 1-4 0-0 2, Allen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 47-85 30-37 133.
Memphis 40 26 28 29 — 123
Denver 35 32 36 30 — 133
3-Point Goals—Memphis 8-18 (Mayo 4-8, Conley 2-5, Williams 1-1, Young 1-2, Gay 0-2), Denver 9-17 (Billups 3-7, Carter 2-2, Lawson 2-3, Afflalo 1-1, Anthony 1-3, Martin 0-1). Fouled Out—Thabeet. Rebounds—Memphis 51 (Gasol 11), Denver 39 (Nene 9). Assists—Memphis 27 (Randolph 7), Denver 36 (Billups 12). Total Fouls—Memphis 33, Denver 23. Technicals—Denver defensive three second. A—15,823 (19,155).
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